Both energy interests and environmentalists fight Biden oil lease plan

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The Biden administration’s plan to protect an endangered species of whale by scaling back an auction of oil and gas drilling leases in the Gulf of Mexico is being challenged by the oil industry, even as environmentalists go to court to stop the lease sale altogether. The conflicting federal lawsuits―one filed Thursday in Louisiana by

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